The public option appears to have overtaken "Medicare for all" as the Democrats' preferred approach to healthcare reform. Nearly nine in 10 Democrats support creating a government-run health plan to compete against private insurers. Fewer than eight in 10, by contrast, are on board with "Medicare...
President Trump has often said that he wants to lower drug prices, in part by ending foreign "freeloading."
That's a laudable goal. Through price controls and other ham-handed policies, too many nations undervalue medical innovation. This leaves Americans with the majority of the world's research burden.
Unfortunately,...
Proponents of "Medicare for All" claim that Canada's government-run health system delivers high-quality care for a fraction of what we pay in the U.S.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign website, for example, praises Canada's low costs for certain procedures. In a recent interview from the campaign trail, Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed...
You can do a lot in 20 weeks. Take a semester of college classes and have time for a five-week vacation. Watch an entire NFL season, including the first few rounds of the playoffs. Even earn a private pilot’s license.
Or, if you’re Canadian, you can...
Do Americans live in a health care hellscape? A report out this week would seem to indicate as much – but that first impression is deceiving.
"U.S. life expectancy has not kept pace with that of other wealthy countries and is now decreasing," concluded the report, published by the medical...
President Trump wants to make a deal on drug prices. But his latest proposal could grind medical innovation to a halt.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said last week that the president was looking for "most favored nation status," whereby the United States got...
Medicare for All is struggling to gain traction at the national level. Some progressives are hoping that left-leaning states will instead be able to lead the way.
This month, California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the "State-Based Universal Health Care Act," a bill that would let...
“Medicare-for-all" is growing increasingly unpopular among the American people as they learn more about this cleverly named government takeover of our health insurance system and the serious harm it would bring about, polls show.
As a result, many of the Democrats competing for their party’s presidential nomination are scrambling...
Colorado officials just released their plan to overhaul the state’s health care system. The proposal would make a state-sponsored insurance plan available to Colorado residents shopping for health insurance, starting in January 2022.
Proponents of this “state option” claim it will expand access to affordable coverage...
Politicians can be amazingly adept at blowing smoke, especially while electioneering. With the 2020 presidential race unfolding, there is no better example of the phenomenon than the Democrats’ mantra of “Medicare for All.”
Healthcare is certainly top-of-mind for many seniors, who are projected to make up...
Study confirms the healthcare dangers of a public option
The public option appears to have overtaken "Medicare for all" as the Democrats' preferred approach to healthcare reform. Nearly nine in 10 Democrats support creating a government-run health plan to compete against private insurers. Fewer than eight in 10, by contrast, are on board with "Medicare...
USMCA Will Help American Patients
President Trump has often said that he wants to lower drug prices, in part by ending foreign "freeloading." That's a laudable goal. Through price controls and other ham-handed policies, too many nations undervalue medical innovation. This leaves Americans with the majority of the world's research burden. Unfortunately,...
Industry Voices—Canada’s cautionary tale on ‘Medicare for All’
Proponents of "Medicare for All" claim that Canada's government-run health system delivers high-quality care for a fraction of what we pay in the U.S. Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign website, for example, praises Canada's low costs for certain procedures. In a recent interview from the campaign trail, Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed...
Healthcare’s 20-week waiting period
You can do a lot in 20 weeks. Take a semester of college classes and have time for a five-week vacation. Watch an entire NFL season, including the first few rounds of the playoffs. Even earn a private pilot’s license. Or, if you’re Canadian, you can...
Surprising findings about your life expectancy and US health care
Do Americans live in a health care hellscape? A report out this week would seem to indicate as much – but that first impression is deceiving. "U.S. life expectancy has not kept pace with that of other wealthy countries and is now decreasing," concluded the report, published by the medical...
Trump drug pricing proposal would doom future cures
President Trump wants to make a deal on drug prices. But his latest proposal could grind medical innovation to a halt. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said last week that the president was looking for "most favored nation status," whereby the United States got...
State-Led Medicare For All Would Import All Of Canada’s Problems
Medicare for All is struggling to gain traction at the national level. Some progressives are hoping that left-leaning states will instead be able to lead the way. This month, California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the "State-Based Universal Health Care Act," a bill that would let...
‘Medicare-for-all’ is still Dems’ goal – don’t be fooled by candidates’ dodges
“Medicare-for-all" is growing increasingly unpopular among the American people as they learn more about this cleverly named government takeover of our health insurance system and the serious harm it would bring about, polls show. As a result, many of the Democrats competing for their party’s presidential nomination are scrambling...
Colorado’s public option is bad news
Colorado officials just released their plan to overhaul the state’s health care system. The proposal would make a state-sponsored insurance plan available to Colorado residents shopping for health insurance, starting in January 2022. Proponents of this “state option” claim it will expand access to affordable coverage...
Understanding ‘Medicare for All’ Could Make Seniors Vote Red
Politicians can be amazingly adept at blowing smoke, especially while electioneering. With the 2020 presidential race unfolding, there is no better example of the phenomenon than the Democrats’ mantra of “Medicare for All.” Healthcare is certainly top-of-mind for many seniors, who are projected to make up...